Heartland

How Lithuania Helped Take Down The Soviet Union

This year, 2016, will mark the twentieth-fifth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union from the political map of the world. A quarter of a century ago, the menace of Soviet-led communism, which had ...

How a Photographer Captured the USSR’s Dramatic Rise as the U.S. Economy Tanked

On August 29, 1991, the Soviet Parliament suspended the activities of the Communist Party. These photos from 1930 paint a different picture.
The Conversation

Putin’s Russia: people increasingly identify with the Soviet Union – here’s what that means

Stephen Whitefield receives funding from ESRC, British Academy, John Fell Fund. ESRC, British Academy, John Fell Fund The view that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to restore territories ...